Q: Watch os3 series 1 dead battery by afternoon
Hello,
I've updated my Apple Watch Series 1 to use watchOS 3, the process took a fair while, the Watch app on my iPhone 6 said it was downloading "20 minutes remaining" then "2 days remaining", then my watch died around 3pm (watchOS 2.x), I thought because it kept trying to poll it or something it just died.. fine no worries. Plugged it in when I got home, charged and started the update again, tried to add some apps to the watch while it was updating but they failed, os update eventually went through.
Then first day of using watchOS 3 my battery died again, roughly around the same time as when I tried to update it, baring in mind it usually lasts all day with around 40-50% depending on if I went to the gym that morning.
Now this morning, from full 100% charge its down to 90% within the first hour, and now 80% an hour and half later.
I've removed all the apps from the dock, restart etc to see if that helps, no luck.
Anyone getting the same issues?
Cheers,
Sam
Watch Stainless Steel 42MM (1st gen), watchOS 3
Posted on Sep 16, 2016 1:46 AM
Hey guys! I have a fix! Its different than I expected!
So, I've been on the phone with apple engineers, in chat with engineers, and met with a couple of genies and an engineer at the apple store in Chicago. After multiple people all looking at my diagnostics and to no avail what the drainage of my battery is, this one kinda random guy working there, and interested in the problem suggested a new idea after we all agreed that it seemed like the actual iPhone was the source of the problem:
FIX: On my iPhone, running iOS10 > Settings > General > Reset > 1. Reset All Settings (this will cause you to have to tweak all of the settings and lose your wallpaper, kinda annoying) 2. Reset Network Settings (wifi and other stuff will be lost).
DO A BACK-UP BEFORE YOU DO THIS.
Of course, they had me do it all on my own, because they couldn't tell me that I had to do it, but, it worked. My watch was blowing through 8-12% of my battery life every hour, but since I did this, 3 hours ago, I've lost 6% of my battery. This is also after installing a bunch of apps, and re-enabling background app refresh and notifications too!!
Posted on Oct 6, 2016 5:41 PM